Monday, November 5, 2018

The month of November used to be dreary and cold. Not anymore. (Not for me anyway) Now, I spend Turkey month on Lover's Key. The top photo, taken from the plane, shows my rental in the lower right corner - my home-away-from-home for the last three years.

My real home...

This is my view in Minnesota. At best, you'll see a predictable, old-school street in Minneapolis. At worst, well, you get the drift - literally.

Now, my month of writing and illustrating, will have plenty of inspiration: beautiful skies hovering over beautiful beaches, flora and fauna and all of God's creatures.

Turns out, I like November. Stay tuned...

Where's your happy place?

P.S. I have book news.

I actually received mail last week - books from Mrs. Jones! It's the children's book I illustrated for author Kristi Soli. Let the tea party begin.

Monday, October 29, 2018

The ruins of Antigua, Guatemala are simply fascinating. One of the highlights was the hotel and museum, Casa Santo Domingo: crumbling relics, cavernous rooms, Mayan artifacts, architectural grandeur and glorious modern day art.

Visiting is like a stroll through old Pompeii. My favorite exhibit was the silver artifacts located in the dungeon - I mean basement - or do I mean dungeon?

Monday, October 22, 2018

Halloween month continues with a post I grabbed from my creative writing blog - because I'm too darn busy to blog this week...

"If you annoy a kid with a crayon, you just might end up with fuzzy-wuzzy brown on your face." logic from Sharon Wagner: child artist, revenge advocate, recess crayon warrior.

More words of revenge wisdom from the internet....

1) My silence is not weakness, but the beginning of my revenge.

2) A man who desires revenge should dig two graves...

3) When karma comes back to punch you in the face, I wanna be there...just in case it needs help.

4) Never go to bed angry, stay awake and plot revenge.

5) Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

Did you read number 5? I threw that in, just to show you I've grown up. Poor Theresa. She crossed the wrong girl. She didn't know I was packing heat. But not too much, it might melt my crayons. I remember drawing this, brain firing on all cylinders, laughing hysterically. (not really)

But, I have no idea what made me mad in the first place. Tyrone is the real loser. Figuratively, not literally. I deemed him objectionable enough to be a dire warning of a bleak future. Hey Theresa, if you dis me again, you'll end up married to Tyrone. Ha. Take that! Of course, the last laugh might be on me. Because they were obviously married a long time and died on the same day. How romantic. Unfortunately, 2022 is fast approaching. It must have seemed so far in the future when I was in grade school.

I love my weird creativity in giving the girl ghost boobs. As you can see, both cadavers have their arms sticking straight up - there's no relaxing for the damned! Not in my world. Oddly, both ghosts need canes. (I guess to portray their feebleness) Is that a sun? In the middle of a black crayon night? Good grief. What was I thinking? The moon is my muse now. I love painting it. See below.

The good news is: I forgave Theresa for whatever the heck she did. But, will she forgive me if she sees this? I hope so.

Monday, October 15, 2018

You'll find it at Utah's Outlaw Distillery. We always pick up the local brown on our travels. In Arizona, it was rum from the Desert Diamond Distillery. The good news is, we're going back to Utah next summer, to see Zion and Bryce. That's nice, because now we can get more rum!

Grab a beverage and follow me on a miscellaneous adventure, up and down Utah...

About Me

My early years were spent drawing and painting on a farm nestled amidst the rolling hills of Wisconsin. A few dog years later—after scribbling on acres of paper and splashing around buckets of paint—I graduated from U.W. Stout with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Then, my feet made a beeline for Minneapolis as the crow flies. But after traveling to Central America for eleven years and counting, I'd prefer living in the jungles of Costa Rica. I've won awards for my artwork and will continue to create more until the cows come home.

I have three published children's books: Maya Monkey, Mary Rode to Bethlehem on Me and Mrs. Jones's Tea Party. These days, however, you’ll find me editing my dark, supernatural novel, Chorus of the Crows. Plus, I'm already writing my next novel about a girl with the strange and surreal power of Levitation.